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Med Terms Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -algia | Pain, suffering |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out |
| -gram | picture or recor |
| hyper- | excessive increased |
| hypo- | defiant, decreased |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ostomy | the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface |
| pre- | before, abnormal excessive fluid discharge |
| -plasty | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flow or discharge |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| Aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | before, front |
| caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| exo- | out of , outside away from |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -ology | the science or study of |
| path/o, -plathy | disease, suffering, feeling, emotion |
| plas/I, plas/o, -plasia | development, growth, formation |
| poster/o | behind, toward the back |
| -stasis, -static | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burns/o | bursa |
| chondr/i, chrondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| kyph/o | bent, hump |
| Lord/o | curve, swatback, bent |
| lumb/o | lumbar, lower back |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| oss/e, oss/i, ost/e, oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | curved, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertrae, vertebral column, backbone |
| synovi/o, synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessal |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -crasia | a mixture or blending |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, relating to the blood |
| luek/o | white |
| phleb/o | vein |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| bi- | twice, double, two |
| clon/o | violent action |
| dys- | bad, difficult, or painful |
| fasci/o | fascia, fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibrous tissue, fiber |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement |
| -lysis | to set free, break down |
| my/o | muscle |
| -plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| tax/o | coordination, order |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon, stretch out. extend, strain |
| ton/o | tone, stretching, tension |
| tri- | three |
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